广东省广州市黄埔区2025-2026学年八年级上学期期中英语试卷 普通用卷（含解析）

2025-2026学年广东省广州市黄埔区八年级（上）期中英语试卷 一、语法选择：本大题共15小题，共15分。 Huang Xuhua， (1) great Chinese scientist，passed away in 2025.But his strong spirit will always stay in our hearts and keep (2) up China's way forward. When he was young，he saw the hard times of his country.These memories made him (3) hard， (4) he decided to make the country strong with his knowledge. In the 1950s，China (5) to develop nuclear submarines （核潜艇）.It was difficult because (6) not many resources or much technology.But Huang was not afraid and stood up (7) .They stopped contacting others (8) the project secret. During the design process，they met (9) problems.They couldn't get (10) help from foreign experts，so they could only depend on (11) .They used simple tools to calculate and do experiments. (12) important problem was to make the submarine stable underwater.After many tests，they solved it slowly. Finally，in the 1970s，China's first nuclear submarine was built (13) than expected.This made China one of the most powerful countries in this field.Huang Xuhua's hard work won him many honors，including the "Medal of the Republic" in 2019. Now，when we think of him，we know that his life (14) inspire us a lot.We，especially the young people，should learn (15) his spirit. 1.A. a B. an C. the D. / 2.A. light B. lighting C. to light D. lit 3.A. study B. to study C. studying D. studied 4.A. or B. but C. and D. however 5.A. starts B. starting C. started D. to starting 6.A. there is B. there are C. there was D. there were 7.A. brave B. braver C. braveness D. bravely 8.A. keeping B. to keep C. keeps D. kept 9.A. five hundreds B. hundreds C. hundred of D. hundreds of 10.A. some B. any C. many D. a few 11.A. they B. them C. themselves D. their 12.A. Other B. Another C. The other D. Others 13.A. earlier B. early C. earliest D. the earliest 14.A. should B. must C. can D. need 15.A. from B. with C. to D. for 二、阅读五选五：本大题共5小题，共10分。 What inventions do you think are the most important？16._____ Paper is one of the most important inventions in the world.People can't write without paper.17._____ Cai Lun's invention allowed people to write down information，stories and history. The toilet is a simple and important invention.Before toilets，people's waste would go into the rivers from their homes.18._____However，with toilets，people can dispose of（处理） their waste in a cleaner way.This has helped to make people less sick and keep cities cleaner. 19._____Before this invention，most animals died every autumn because there wasn't enough food for them to eat.But then，hay（干草） came along and became a popular and easy-to-get food for animals.Then animals could live through the long winter. The fourth great invention is reading glasses.When people become more than 45 years old，they often start having trouble seeing things up close.It is called far-sightedness.20._____Thankfully，reading glasses were invented to solve this problem.They ... ...